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CLARENCE JOSEPH BABIN JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 24, 1946 – February 25, 1969
Service recordClarence Joseph Babin JR, of Marrero, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 42
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Marrero, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 42
- EDWARD JAMES WOLFENDALELance Corporal · February 24, 1969
- JEFFREY MICHAEL BARRONCorporal · February 25, 1969
- ARTHUR WAYNE BARTLETT SRSergeant First Class · February 25, 1969
- LOUIS FREDRICK GRIFFINPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PHIL DAVID JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 31W, Line 47
- TRUMAN J WALSHSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 61
- LARRY LEE WOOLUMSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 62
From Marrero
- GARY JAMES ARDENEAUXPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- JOSEPH DEWEY DAIGLEPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
- DAVE MARTIN BARTHOLOMEWPrivate First Class · December 30, 1967
- DAVID LEON SMITHPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
- ROBERT LEE GLENN JRPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
- ARTHUR JUSTILIEN MARTINPetty Officer Third Class · June 11, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.